WETS Station : PURDUM, NE6970                    
Latitude:  4204      Longitude:  10015        Elevation:  2690 
State FIPS/County(FIPS):  31009     County Name: Blaine 
Start yr. - 1971   End yr. - 2000
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          |       Temperature     |           Precipitation              |
          |       (Degrees F.)    |              (Inches)                |
          |-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
          |       |       |       |        |   30% chance    |avg |      |
          |       |       |       |        |    will have    |# of| avg  |
          |-------|-------|-------|        |-----------------|days| total|
  Month   |  avg  |  avg  |  avg  |   avg  | less   | more   |w/.1| snow |
          | daily | daily |       |        | than   | than   |  or| fall |
          |  max  |  min  |       |        |        |        |more|      |
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January   |  35.3 |   9.1 |  22.2 |   0.50 |   0.23 |   0.61 |  1 |  5.0 |
February  |  42.4 |  15.2 |  28.8 |   0.74 |   0.23 |   0.91 |  1 |  4.3 |
March     |  50.5 |  23.3 |  36.9 |   1.59 |   0.72 |   2.00 |  3 |  6.6 |
April     |  61.4 |  32.9 |  47.2 |   2.32 |   1.35 |   3.19 |  4 |  3.4 |
May       |  71.3 |  44.4 |  57.9 |   3.98 |   2.70 |   5.01 |  6 |  0.0 |
June      |  82.0 |  54.1 |  68.1 |   3.18 |   2.20 |   3.86 |  5 |  0.0 |
July      |  87.6 |  59.7 |  73.6 |   3.03 |   1.81 |   4.11 |  5 |  0.0 |
August    |  86.2 |  57.7 |  71.9 |   2.35 |   1.39 |   3.03 |  4 |  0.0 |
September |  77.8 |  47.0 |  62.4 |   2.06 |   0.87 |   2.59 |  3 |  0.1 |
October   |  65.8 |  34.5 |  50.1 |   1.28 |   0.67 |   1.52 |  2 |  1.3 |
November  |  48.5 |  21.9 |  35.2 |   1.09 |   0.42 |   1.61 |  2 |  6.0 |
December  |  39.1 |  12.6 |  25.9 |   0.46 |   0.14 |   0.59 |  1 |  3.9 |
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  Annual  | ----- | ----- | ----- | ------ |  19.80 |  24.90 | -- | ---- |
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  Average |  62.3 |  34.4 |  48.3 | ------ | ------ | ------ | -- | ---- |
----------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|----|------|
  Total   | ----- | ----- | ----- |  22.56 | ------ | ------ | 37 | 30.5 |
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GROWING SEASON DATES 

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                     |                     Temperature
---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
      Probability    | 24 F or higher  | 28 F or higher  | 32 F or higher  | 
---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
                     |              Beginning and Ending Dates
                     |                Growing Season Length
                     |
       50 percent *  |   4/24 to 10/12 |   5/ 1 to 10/ 3 |   5/10 to  9/23  
                     |     171 days    |     154 days    |     136 days        
                     |                 |                 |
       70 percent *  |   4/20 to 10/16 |   4/27 to 10/ 6 |   5/ 6 to  9/27  
                     |     179 days    |     162 days    |     144 days        
                     |                 |                 |
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 * Percent chance of the growing season occurring between the Beginning
   and Ending dates.